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CALLIOPE : OR THE
SONG CXXVII.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG ONE.
P pf f ^ p p
JFZw/ / i^tfj" # young one, what girl was like me ? So
wanton, fo airy, and brijk as a bee : I tattPd, I
~±±:
rambVd, I laugb'd, and where'er A fiddle was heard,
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to be Jure, I was there.
To all that came near I had fomething to fay.
*Twas this, Sir ! and that, Sir ! but icaree ever nay :
And Sundays dreft out in my filks and my lace ;
I warrant I ftood by the belt in the place.
At twenty I got me a huiband — poor man !
Well reft him — we all are as good as we can :
Yet he was lb peevifh, he'd quarrel for ftraws,
And jealous — tho' truly I gave him ibme caufe.
CALLIOPE : OR THE
SONG CXXVII.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG ONE.
P pf f ^ p p
JFZw/ / i^tfj" # young one, what girl was like me ? So
wanton, fo airy, and brijk as a bee : I tattPd, I
~±±:
rambVd, I laugb'd, and where'er A fiddle was heard,
&=
to be Jure, I was there.
To all that came near I had fomething to fay.
*Twas this, Sir ! and that, Sir ! but icaree ever nay :
And Sundays dreft out in my filks and my lace ;
I warrant I ftood by the belt in the place.
At twenty I got me a huiband — poor man !
Well reft him — we all are as good as we can :
Yet he was lb peevifh, he'd quarrel for ftraws,
And jealous — tho' truly I gave him ibme caufe.
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| Description | A select collection of the most approved English, Scots, and Irish songs, set to music. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.159 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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